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Peanuts is not a happy strip. It's about childhood. Sometimes that's happy, but childhood isn't fundamentally happy. The genius of Peanuts is that it shows all
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Peanuts is not a happy strip. It's about childhood. Sometimes that's happy, but childhood isn't fundamentally happy.
The genius of Peanuts is that it shows all of that: Happiness, sadness, depression, existential questions, and so many other things. They're emotions that we can identify with, because they may not be happy, but they're real things that we all experience, even children.
I don't know why you dislike they characters, that's your choice. But in answer to if I find Peanuts depressing: yes, I do. It's optimistic sometimes, but it's not happy, and it's not supposed to be.
Or maybe I'm just completely mad.
- kylec 10y agoAs a child, I never really understood Peanuts or its appeal. If Peanuts is about childhood, it's from an adult's perspective.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoTrue. Although I actually did enjoy Peanuts as a child, it's very much from an adult perspective. Calvin and Hobbes is definitely the other side of that coin: childhood from a child's perspective.